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Patient-Centered Care is Associated with Decreased Health Care Utilization

Klea D. Bertakis and Rahman Azari
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2011, 24 (3) 229-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.03.100170
Klea D. Bertakis
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